Combined counter and bin.



No. 739,581 PATBNTED SEPT 22 1903.

D. H. BRAGUNIER. COMBINED COUNTER AND BIN.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 23, 1903.

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PATENT ()FFICE.

DANIEL H. BRAGUNIER, OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND.

COMBINED COUNTER AND BIN SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No.739, 581, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed January 23,1908. Serial No. 140,312. (No model.)

To aid whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. BRAGUNIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hagerstown, in the county of Washington and State ofMaryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in a CombinedGounter and Bin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined counter and bin, the object beingto provide an efiective device of this kind including in itsorganization a plurality of bins so arranged as to be readily accessibleand that the contents thereof may be displayed to the best advantage,the bins when in their normal or upright position having their front andrear faces in line with each other, or substantially so, and also withthe corresponding faces of the counter. These bins are adapted tocontain various kinds of merchandise.

The counter has a plurality of binsbelow its top mounted for swingingmovement and arranged normally to occupy an upright position with theirfront and rear faces substantially in line with each other, the frontand rear faces of the counter having openings and each bin being movableforward and backward through said openings, so that'the contents thereofcan be readily reached either from the front or the rear of the counter,and the bins are preferably mounted below their geometrical centers, sothat when they are swung eitherforward or backward the opposite sideswill extend but a short distance beyond the adjacent face of thecounter. The fronts of the bins are preferably equipped with glassplates, so that the contents thereof can be readily seen, while thecounter in the rear above the bins has glass plates through which thecontents of the several bins may be seen from the rear of the counter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective viewof my im- Fig. 2 is asectional.

proved counter and bin. rear elevation of a portion of the same. Fig. 3is a detail in sectional elevation, showing the manner of pivotallymounting the bins. Fig. 4: is a cross-section of the device, showing thebins in their normal or upright positions. Fig. 5 is a similar viewshowing by full lines to dismount a bin. upon the inside of a bin aredetached, after one bin tilted forward and by dotted lines another bintilted rearward. tail in sectional elevation, showing means for holdinga bin in an upright or normal position.

Like characters refer to like parts in the several figures.

The counter is denoted by 1 and it may be made of any suitable material,size, or shape. Below the top of the counter I mount a plurality of bins2, arranged side by side in a row and adapted normally to occupy anupright position. normal positions, their front and rear faces aresubstantially in line with each other.

The bins are separated from each other by spacing members consisting ofvertically-disposed members or uprights 3 and horizontal cross-pieces orboards 4., uniting the same. Tubes or sleeves 5, of some suitablebearing metal, extend through the cross-pieces or boards 4.- and intowashers 6, fitted against the opposite faces of the respective boards,the opposite ends of the tubes being headed or countersunk in the outerfaces of the washers in order to retain the latter in place.

Plates 7 are fastened inside the bins in vertical line with but belowtheir geometrical centers, pins 8 extending outward from the plates andthrough perforations in the side walls of the bins, it being seen thatthe pins 8 extend beyond the side faces of the bins. These pins, whichextend oppositely from the respective bins, constitute pivots for thebins and are fitted for turning movement in the mentioned. Each sleeveor tube is adapted to receive the pivots of adjacent bins, the pivots,however, not touching, as shown in Fig. 2. The washers 6 prevent thedirect contact of the bins with the boards 40f the spacing members. Theplates 7 are removably mounted, they being fastened in placeby screws,so that they can be taken olf in order To do this, the plates which thepivots 8 are slipped out of the sleeve in which they are fitted,afterwhich the bin in question can be taken from place,should this benecessary, and by reversing the operation a new bin can be substitutedtherefor.

It will .be understood that the bins are Fig. 6 is a do When the binsare in their mounted for swinging movement below their geometricalcenters,this being advantageous, for when the bins are swung eitherforward or backward, as will hereinafter appear, but a 'very smallportion of the opposite side thereof will extend beyond thecorresponding'portion of the counter.

The counter has openings, each denoted by 9, in its rear and frontfaces, throughwhich the upper portions of the bins may be projectedeither backward or forward in order to reach the contents of said binsthrough their upper open sides.

In order that the contents of the bins can be readily seen by customersin the front of the counter, the forward sides of the bins have glasspanels 10, which may be set thereinto in any suitable or desired manner.In order to permit the salesmen behind the counter to inspect thecontents of the bins, I mount above the same, in the rear wall of thecounter, glass panels, as 11, by which the ob ject mentioned can besecured.

Referring to Fig. 5, it will be seen by full lines that a bin 2 has beentipped forward, so that access may be had to the interior thereof, whilein the same figure another bin is shown by dotted lines as tippedrearward, the binswhen so operated being projected through the openings9.

p The under side of the counter is open, so that when the bins areprojected either forward or backward the lower corners thereof areadapted to engage the floor upon which the counter is mounted, so thatsaid bins will not be carried too far forward or backward, as the casemay be.

Parallel strips 12 extend longitudinally of the counter upon the frontand rear faces thereof and are suitably fastened thereto, said stripscarrying stops of metal or the like for latches carried upon the frontand rear walls of the respective bins at or near their tops, the latchesbeing adapted to hold the bins in their upright or normal positions.Said latches are denoted by 13, and they are of the spring kind, thecooperating stops thereof being denoted by 14. (see Fig. 6) and beingsuitably fastened to the under side of the strips 12 just mentioned. Thestrips 12 are usually made of wood; but the stops fastened thereto areof metal, so that the springlatches cannot injure the wood strips as thebins are manipulated. The space above the bins, it will be seen, isopen, so that said bins can be freely swung forward or backward.

In Fig. 4. the bins are shown in their normal positions. It will beassumed that it is desired to swing one of them forward. To do this, thefront latch 13 is moved downward and disengaged from the cooperatingstop 14, it being unnecessary to manipulate the rear latch 13, as it ison the inside of its cooperating stop. When the front latch is thusfreed from its stop, the bin can be swung forward, the rear latch beingcarried away from its coacting stop. The outer edges of the respectivestops 1% are beveled, so that when the beveled upper ends of thespring-latches strike the same the latches are automatically thrustdownward by the beveled faces of the stops, so that the bins can befreely returned to their initial positions, at which time the springs ofthe latches thrust the same upward behind their stops. To swing a binrearward, the reverse operation will take place. As the latches engagethe inner faces of their stops, it is necessary to operate only onelatch when it is desired to carry a bin either forward or backward.

The invention is not limited to the exact construction hereinbeforedescribed, for many variations may be adapted within the scope of myclaims.

Having described the invention, what I claim is- 1. A counter having aplurality of bins below its top mounted for swinging movement andarranged normally to occupy an upright position side by side with theirfront and rear faces substantially in line with each other, the frontand rear faces of the counter having openings and each bin being movableforward and backward through said openings about a stationary axis andthe space above the bins being open for the free swinging movement ofsaid bins, and means for holding the bins in their normal positions.

2. A counter having a plurality of bins below its top mounted forswinging movement and arranged normally to occupy an upright positionside by side with their front and rear faces substantially in line witheach other, the front and rear faces of the, counter having openings andeach bin being movable forward and backward through said openings andthe space above the bins being open for the free swinging movement ofsaid bins, latches upon the front and rear of the respective bins, andstops upon the front and rear of the counter the inner faces of whichare adapted to be engaged by said latches.

3. A counter having a plurality of bins below its top mounted forswinging movement and arranged normally to occupy an upright positionwith their front and rear faces substantially in line with each other,the front and rear faces of the counter having openings, and each binbeing movable forward and backward through said openings and the spaceabove the bins being open for the free swinging movement of said bins,the fronts of the bins having glass panels and the rear of the counterabove the bins having glass panels, and means for holding the bins inbins, sleeves carried by said spacing mem- In testimony whereof I havehereunto set hers, plates fastened upon the insides of the my hand inpresence of two subscribing Wit-- bins, having pins projecting throughp'erfonesses.

rations in the sides of the bins, said pins be- DANIEL H. BRAGUNIER. ingmounted for turning movement in the Witnesses: sleeves, and means forremovabiy securing. A. W. BARNHART,

the plates in piaee. J. WV. COOK.

